The Economic Situation as it affects our community, region, nation, and world
In Our Community
The spoken and unspoken concerns and joys with our community of faith and our community of living
•Roger Black, Melisa Grandison
•Jeannie Harden, Kaiden Schroeder
•Charlie Sutton, Doris Tyler
•Karlene Tyler, Vera Whitacre
•Mary Workman
•Brenda French (daughter of Dean & Madonna Reynolds, sister of Brian Reynolds)
•Albert Hutchison (brother of Mary Holloway)
•Maurice Lichty, T.J. Wyssman, celebrating birthdays today
•Gary and Erin Vancil, celebrating their wedding anniversary today
•Good Beginnings Preschool, teachers & students, at the beginning of summer break
•McPherson College, faculty, staff, & students, at the end of another academic year
•The Cedars Community, staff & residents
•Our Leadership Team
•Our Transformation Steering Group:
Florence Crago, Elaine Fleenor, Chris Goering, Ken Holderread, Liz Krehbiel, Allan van Asselt, Charles Whitacre, Terran Woolley
In Our Region
•Marlo Oltman, District Conference Moderator
•Sonja Griffith, District Executive
•John Elder, Pastor of Garden City CoB
•Whittier Fellowship, a new church plant of the Western Plains District in Denver, CO
•Ministries of the Western Plains District
•Those serving from Wichita CoB, our partner congregation in Transformation & Renewal
•Lybrook Mission resident directors Randy & Jill Emmelhainz, that they may feel district support
In This Nation
•Tim Harvey, Annual Conference Moderator
•Stan Noffsinger, General Secretary, and all members of the CoB staff
•Our elected officials at all levels of government
•Those affected by storms and tornadoes
•CoB Mission and Ministry Board weekly prayer request:
Think of three or four major events in your life, and the people who were influential in those events. At the end of each day, say a prayer of thanks for these stages and companions in your life. Give thanks for the generations who have gone before us, and those who have been stewards of the great trust of the faith.
In This World
•Pray for the four northern states in Nigeria where terrorist-type violence has prompted the government to recently declare a state of emergency. Pray for the Nigerian Brethren, their congregations, pastors, denominational leaders, and CoB mission worker, Carol Smith.
•On-going conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq
•Continuing prayers for our brothers and sisters in North and south Sudan
•Our brothers and sisters in Christ in Brazil, Haiti, Dominican Republic, India, Nigeria, and Sudan
•Palestinians and Israelis experiencing violence; may hearts be opened for a new way